kdemas
Enjoy Life.
Paul- I was really pleased with the 50/1.8, you're so right. The camera had pretty "low mileage" when I bought it, very nice shape. It's one awesome brick of a camera.
farlymac
PF McFarland
Bille
Well-known
Canon F1
FL 19/3.5
FL 35/2.5
FL 55/1.2
FL 85/1.8
kshapero
South Florida Man
Never heard of this camera. What's the story?
farlymac
PF McFarland
A long one, apparently. As far as I can tell, it was designed by a Japanese company, then manufactured by Fuji for a while. After that, it was sold under many different names, about seven all total, and manufactured in Hong Kong. It hasn't been made for a long time, but Ultrafineonline has a bunch of NOS ones called the Great Wall PF-1. It's about the size of a Konica C35 EF, but with a pentaprism. It uses two AA batteries to power the flash, and metering system. One shutter speed (1/60), so it's better with the slow films. The metering system consists of a CdS cell, with Over-Under lights in the viewfinder, a momentary button switch above the shutter lock, and ISO selections of 64, 100, and 400. The mirror is the shutter, so the aperture consists of one large blade that comes up from the bottom of the lens, to offset the extra exposure you would get from the mirror/shutter. There is a lock on the aperture ring called the FM switch, and when you engage it, you now have a GN lens, as it interlocks the aperture ring with the focus ring. It all seems to work good, as you can see from these photos http://flic.kr/s/aHsjD41P1J And if you want to know what the inside looks like http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCUYH28 And two other cameras like this http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Fujica_ST-F http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Great_Wall_PF-1
PF
Peter_wrote:
Well-known
great set-up
BNLee
Established
This is a very bad thread for me... I am getting a lot of camera cravings now...
Gotta post some of mine too, later.
Gotta post some of mine too, later.
ronnies
Well-known
My latest Charity Shop Rescue Case:
Canon EOS 300D by F4ronnie, on Flickr
Works fine once I got a new battery and charger except it has the "sub mirror broken pin" syndrome, so it's manual focus only for the moment. AF does work but you get 2/3 black images.
Ronnie
Canon EOS 300D by F4ronnie, on Flickr
Works fine once I got a new battery and charger except it has the "sub mirror broken pin" syndrome, so it's manual focus only for the moment. AF does work but you get 2/3 black images.
Ronnie
zhang xk
Well-known
Sid836
Well-known
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
Sid836
Well-known
agoglanian
Reconnected.
I'm quite happy with this rig. I don't always use the MD-4 motor drive though, quite big and noisy!
Nikon F3 Kit by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
Nikon F3 Kit by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
nobbylon
Veteran
for me the best Nikon made and the film camera I use the most.
nobbylon
Veteran
Best focusing m/f camera ever? I think so. With my favorite lens the 60mm macro.
nobbylon
Veteran
Decorators tape is great! You can waterproof top plates, secure lens hoods and straps and even stick bits back on that fall off! Wish I could find it in black!
nobbylon
Veteran
My early F2 with early type leather and slot screws. I can't use it anymore as I can't focus it. It was the same with my F's and F3's. Must be to do with the VF magnification.
cat man
Member
Nobby - try it with a lens on the front - I find it helps with the focusing thing quite a lot.
Cheers.
Cheers.
nobbylon
Veteran
Is that what it is, wow, I just couldn't get it to work. The screen on the back is also broken, no bother, Nikon will still have the parts in stock 
Dralowid
Michael
Best focusing m/f camera ever? I think so. With my favorite lens the 60mm macro.
Absolutely stunning lens...and the camera is not bad either! I think I posted a pic of my black SL MOT ages ago, thinking of selling it but not quite made up my mind.
Michael